Another Hidden Victim Freed In FBI Lab Scandal
A D.C. Superior Court judge recently released Donald E. Gates, who spent 28 years in prison for a murder and rape he did not commit. The court also expunged Mr. Gates’ conviction after it was...
View ArticleFred Whitehurst converses on his legacy at the FBI lab
Fred Whitehurst is the whistleblower who revealed that the crime lab at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) failed to live up to its reputation for scientific integrity, and sometimes even...
View ArticleDr. Frederic Whitehurst and the Failed FBI Crime Lab
Washington Post readers found out this morning that the Justice Department has been withholding information for years about hundreds or even thousands of cases that were tainted by faulty forensic work...
View ArticleTwenty Years Later, DOJ Finally Admits Mistakes
Readers of The Washington Post found out this morning that the FBI and DOJ are launching the largest post-conviction case review in American history. Readers of the Whistleblower Protection Blog know...
View ArticleNational Whistleblowers Center’s Work Highlighted in The Washington Post’s...
The Washington Post has published year-end articles that highlight three ongoing projects of the National Whistleblower Center. In an article published on December 26, "Top 10 stories in the federal...
View ArticleJustice Dept. Inspector General Report Once Again Validates Whistleblower’s...
But IG Recommendations Fall Far Short Twenty. Years. Yesterday, July 16, 2014, the Justice Department Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released its third report of Federal Bureau of Investigation...
View ArticleAnother FBI Lab Victim Is Found Innocent and Freed
Additional Reviews of FBI Lab Scandal Still Needed 20 Years Later On July 21, 2014, more than twenty years after a FBI whistleblower came forward to report serious problems at the FBI Lab that could...
View ArticleCharlotte Observer Editorial Blasts FBI “malfeasance” In FBI Lab Scandal
A major newspaper has published an editorial highly critical of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in light of the Justice Department Inspector General’s bombshell report on the FBI Lab scandal. Last...
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FBI Crime Lab’s Flawed Hair Analyses Featured on Fault Lines
Did you know that you can take two strands of hair from your own head and they may not match? Yet the FBI used forensic hair analyses for decades in the prosecution of criminal cases. Last night Al...
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